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The Ambition Trap: How It Snares Powerful Women

Here's an outrageous rule of politics we see with Kamala Harris and Nikki Haley: The closer you get to power, the more you get slapped down.

NEXTTRIBE FAVORITE Editor's Note: On Feb. 15th, NextTribe marked its sixth anniversary. To celebrate this month, we are sharing our favorite articles from the 1,500 plus we've published so far. This insightful essay by Lorraine Glennon was one of the first stories we published back in 2017. Unfortunately it’s as relevant today as it was then.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that Hillary Rodham Clinton is someone that the American public “just doesn’t like.” Indeed, the public's deeming of Hillary as unlikeable has been stated as fact by everyone from your cubicle mate at the office to the second cousin you got stuck sitting next to at Thanksgiving, and in media outlets as diverse as Fox News and the New York Times. These commentators, mind you, do not even pose the question, “Is she likeable?” Her grown-up case of cooties is a given so inarguable that it has hardened into dogma.

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